Gain a better understanding of fraud and the risks fraud poses to you as a CPA and your clients. This course includes guidance regarding preventing, detecting and responding to potential and suspected fraud incidents. It also highlights survey results from the latest ACFE's Report to the Nations and CAMICO policyholders' experiences.Provided by CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company, a highly specialized policyholder-owned company focused on serving the accounting profession. For over 28 years, CAMIC

Gain a better understanding of fraud and the risks fraud poses to you as a CPA and your clients. This course includes guidance regarding preventing, detecting and responding to potential and suspected fraud incidents. It also highlights survey results from the latest ACFE's Report to the Nations and CAMICO policyholders' experiences.
Provided by CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company, a highly specialized policyholder-owned company focused on serving the accounting profession. For over 28 years, CAMICO has been dedicated to the security and success of CPAs.

Objectives:

Identify the perpetrators of fraud and how they break down by age, position, education level, gender, and other factors.
Determine ways to better prevent, detect and respond appropriately to fraud and embezzlement.
Understand juries' rules for evaluating blame in malpractice claims and how their expectations are far higher than just following professional standards.

Major Subjects:

Overview of ACFE Report to the Nations survey results
Understand the concept of the fraud triangle and fraud diamond
Juries' high expectations of CPAs
Risk management techniques to prevent, detect and respond appropriately to fraud and embezzlement

Designed For:

Accountants in public practice.

Prerequisite: None

Advanced Prep: None

Speaker: Duncan B. Will, CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE

Vendor: CalCPA

Field of Study: Accounting & Auditing

Level: Basic

CPE Credit: 2 hours

Acronym: COFE

Registration Fees:

Members: $70

Nonmembers: $94

Meet the Speaker:

Mr. Will leverages his more than 30 years of experience in accounting, including public accounting, forensic accounting, consulting, and audit and tax compliance, when working closely with the Loss Prevention Specialists to manage the department's efforts to deliver to policyholders the high-touch, high-quality CAMICO experience. Will's specialty is accounting and auditing-related risk management services. He advises policyholders through the CAMICO Loss Prevention Hotline and speaks to CPA groups on a wide range of topics. Will began his accounting career in 1979 as a staff accountant in the Washington, D.C. area and spent most of his public accounting career in California and Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Maryland and is Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics. A Certified Fraud Examiner, Will is an active member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; has supplemented his education with college courses at the University of Baltimore, Golden Gate University, and Florida Atlantic University; and welcomes opportunities to expand his knowledge over a broad spectrum of accounting-related curricula.